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ANTIQUE #SA1213677

A 17th Century Italian Embroidered Border

£1,600    $2,144    €1,874
With a repeating design of cupids stepping from the rims of urns with bows and arrows poised and aimed towards dragons standing at the bases of flowering trees, in red silk drawnwork on a fine linen ground retaining its original short silk fringe. Comparable pieces may be found in the collections of several museums, among them accession number 41.186 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and object number 79.1.56 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The majority of these panels would have formed part of the border of a linen cover, such as the V & A’s accession number CIRC.521-1912.
 
The textile 21.7cm (8½”) high and 64.5cm (25?”) wide, mounted on sized blue linen of similar date.
 
Internal Reference: 103
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1213677
Dateline of this antique is 17th Century
Height is 41.4cm (16.3inches)
Width is 83.5cm (32.9inches)
Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
Antique SA1213677 shown on this page was made in the 17th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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